Expert Guides

The Ouachita Rod & Gun Club is proud of our relationships with regional experts. Here is a list of some of our favorites:

Hunting guides

Mountain Valley Sportsman's Association

MVSAonline.com
Questions about shooting? Contact Bill Kasdorf at kazandpenny@sbcglobal.net
Mountain Valley Sportsman's Association, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, is a growing club of enthusiastic sport shooters, devoted to the shooting sports. Our goal is to provide a SAFE, premiere facility for all shooters to enjoy their sports. Located on 88 beautifully wooded acres, the facility has two overlaying Trap and Skeet fields, a Cowboy Action "Town", rifle range, pistol range and an Action Shooting range for IDPA and USPSA, Multi-Gun, Rimfire and Ladies On Target matches and other training classes.

MSVA encourages a family atmosphere and welcomes visitors, shooters and non-shooters alike. Visitors to the community are encouraged to come see our facilities and participate in the events.

Bust-A-Duck Guide Service

We offer the best flooded field and timber hunting in the Mississippi flyway. With over 3000 acres of private land holding including flooded rice and soybean fields, flooded green timber, rivers, oxbows and lakes. At Bust-A-Duck we provide the environment that every hunter wants to experience in an Arkansas Duck Hunt.

Backwoods Duck Club and Lodge LLC

BackWoodsDuckClubandLodge.com
870-879-3177 or 870-872-2447backwoodsduckclub@yahoo.com
Welcome to the Backwoods Duck Club & Lodge™, your first and best destination for duck, goose and snow goose hunting in the country. Our seasoned staff has consistently delivered the best fowl hunting experience and genuine southern hospitality, all in the very heart of the duck hunting capital of the world. Grab your gear, pack up the dogs, and come on... we've got the fire blazin' and the experience of a lifetime... all we're missin' is you.

4,300 square foot lodge with a full-service kitchen and a variety of recreational activities

Hole In the Wall Hunting Club

The Hole In the Wall Hunting Club is a long established deer, turkey and hog hunting club located in Cleveland County of southern Arkansas. We have been hunting the same location since 1972 with some of the original founding members. We offer a limited number of guest hunts every year starting in early December and going until April 1st. We hunt deer, hog and squirrels. (Sorry - no turkey hunts available at this time.) Guests have over 1100 acres of prime Southern Arkansas hunting land and use of the camp clubhouse (additional fee required).

Fishing Guides

Norfork River Resort

If you are planning a trip to the Ozarks, be sure to check out Norfork River Resort for a vacation full of nature, scenery and the world's best trout fishing. The ideal place for a Fly Fisherman or a Boat Fisherman, it right here. But Lake Norfork, just 3 miles away, has some fantastic striper fishing, too. We can recommend the best guides for Lake Norfork, White River and North Fork River;, plus the resort owns a 52 acre private island for guests to use. The island is just downriver about a mile and a half on the White...just upriver from Steamboat Shoals.

Cranor’s Guide Service

When it comes to experience, few people have more than Donald Cranor, owner of Cranor’s Guide Service. Donald started out at the age of 15 back in 1982, and he’s been fishing professionally on the White and North Fork Rivers ever since. Donald knows how to keep big trout coming to the boat, so he’s a popular guest on fishing shows like “Fishin’ Hawg Country”, Outdoor Channel’s “Rebel’s People Who Fish” and “Adventure Sports Outdoors.” He’s also been featured in several sporting magazines like Field & Stream, Cabela’s Outfitter Journal and Outdoor Life.

Chad Johnson

Chad Johnson honed his guiding skills through years of experience taking clients fishing across America from Louisiana to Alaska. Chad is a true professional fly fisherman. So if you’re a novice wanting to learn to cast or an avid veteran looking to hook the big one, he can help you do it.

Action Fishing

We'll fish for anything that is biting, but we target crappie most of the time. We've developed a system for locating and catching them year around on Lake Greeson, about 45 miles southwest of Hot Springs between Murfreesboro and Glenwood. Call them what you will - crappy, white perch, specks, sacalait, calico bass, papermouths or whatever - we like catching them and love eating them! But most of all, we enjoy taking folks out on the water to unwind and spend quality time making memories with their family and friends. And, while they're at it - catching a good mess of crappie!